Buzz Hoagland, a biology professor and president of the faculty and librarian union, said the membership will vote Oct. 16, before an expected special meeting of the 11-member Board of Trustees.

The results, Hoagland said, will be presented to the trustees at the start of the meeting.

Hoagland said the membership initially agreed to delay its vote until after Oct. 3, when Dobelle was required to submit documentation of disputed expenses to state Higher Education Commissioner Richard M. Freeland.

When Dobelle missed the deadline, Freeland responded Friday by freezing $197,000 in education funds for the campus and recommending that another $2 million for construction of a new science building also be withheld.

Hoagland, as chairman of the biology department, urged Freeland in a Oct. 2 letter against venting frustration with the school’s leadership by delaying funding for the design phase of the science and technology building.

“We the undersigned are as frustrated with the current problems facing President Dobelle and his administration as you are,” Hoagland wrote in a letter signed by other faculty and students.

Hoagland would not predict the outcome of the union vote, but said Dobelle has lost his support.

“I am extremely frustrated ... our new science building is being jeopardized while President Dobelle works to protect his reputation,” Hoagland said.

George K. Regan, a spokesman for Dobelle, said the president still plans to submit documents to the commissioner’s office on Monday - the date the president cited when requesting a four-day extension late Thursday afternoon.

Regan, president of the Boston-based Regan Communications, said Dobelle had been working nearly around the clock to compile the records demanded by the commissioner.

Regan also lashed out at Freeland Friday, calling his decision to suspend funding a form of blackmail.

“Instead of waiting two days for a thoughtful, comprehensive response, Commissioner Freeland thinks he can blackmail the WSU Board by threatening to victimize the WSU students and faculty,” Regan said.

For several weeks, Freeland has expressed frustration over Dobelle’s refusal to respond to criticism from the school’s auditor and the state Inspector General’s Office.

The auditors, in a report released Aug. 28, found that Dobelle and other administrators violated travel and credit card policies while visiting London, Vienna, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Miami Beach and other national and international destinations.

Trips to China, Thailand, Vietnam, Spain and other countries were also billed without proper documentation to the Westfield State Foundation, the school’s fundraising arm, according to the auditor’s report.

Dobelle said he was raising donations for the school and adding foreign students to the enrollment. He has not been charged with any wrongdoing.

After reading the report, state Education Secretary Matthew Malone told the trustees to consider disciplining Dobelle and others at the next meeting.

The trustees, meanwhile, are expected to meet as early as Wednesday to consider suspending Dobelle with pay while they conduct their own investigation into his spending.

Dobelle, 68, a former mayor of Pittsfield and president of Trinity College and University of Hawaii, has acknowledged billing the school for personal travel by himself and his family.

But any improper spending was “self-reported,” Dobelle said, and all personal expenses were repaid.